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...study found significant variations in the amount of violence across the dial. On network stations, 44% of the shows contained at least some violence, vs. 59% on basic cable and 85% on premium channels like hbo and Showtime. Yet it was the broadcast networks that squawked the loudest. "Someone would have to have a lobotomy to believe that 44% of the programs on network television are violent," exclaims Don Ohlmeyer, NBC West Coast president. (Actually, the study referred to network stations, meaning that syndicated shows like Hard Copy were also included.) "Since I've been here, I can't think...
...just one of these acts was enough to classify a program as violent. In addition, the survey covered a number of cable channels--among them USA, AMC, TNT, HBO and Showtime--whose schedules are filled with network reruns (including many action shows like Starsky and Hutch and Kung Fu) or theatrical films. This served to boost the overall totals of violent shows while masking the fact that violence in the most watched time periods--network prime time--has declined...
...Late ShiftThe new HBO movie about the network battle over Leno and Letterman arrives looking like something of a period piece. Based on Bill Carter's 1994 book, this is essentially the story of Letterman's victory: how he outsmarted the network suits and became the most sought-after personality in television. Since then, Letterman's show has dropped to third place in the ratings, while it's Leno who has the hot hand. Still, the film is more entertaining than one might have expected, says TIME's Richard Zoglin. "The backstage network shenanigans have been deftly digested...
...warning, from major posts. Jeffrey Katzenberg, longtime chairman of Walt Disney Studios, left in 1994 after a falling-out with corporate chairman Michael Eisner. Michael Schulhof, head of Sony Corp.'s U.S. operations, was ousted last month after clashing with his Japanese bosses. Michael Fuchs, the longtime head of HBO and (for six months) chairman of the Warner Music Group, was fired in November by Time Warner chairman Gerald Levin...
...victim of another common business syndrome: an entrepreneur-owner's reluctance to hand over control to a successor. Redstone, who built his fortune from a chain of movie theaters, hired Biondi shortly after acquiring Viacom in a leveraged buyout in 1987. A Harvard M.B.A. and former chief executive at HBO, Biondi had a style that seemed to mesh well with that of the boss: Redstone, the volatile, confrontational owner; Biondi, the even-tempered manager--Redstone's "secret weapon," in the words of a New Yorker profile by Ken Auletta a year...